Primary Identifier | MGI:1858277 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 11 | NCBI Gene Number | 53897 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Enables galactosylceramide sulfotransferase activity. Involved in galactosylceramide metabolic process. Acts upstream of or within galactosylceramide biosynthetic process; myelination; and spermatogenesis. Predicted to be located in membrane. Is expressed in brain; future spinal cord; heart ventricle; and spinal cord cervical region. Orthologous to human GAL3ST1 (galactose-3-O-sulfotransferase 1). PHENOTYPE: Homozygotes for a targeted null mutation exhibit hindlimb weakness and progressive ataxia beginning at six weeks of age. Homozygous males exhibit sterility with a block in spermatogenesis prior to the first meiotic division. [provided by MGI curators] |